Sean Valjean
Lets Bitch About This Thing We Love
I was inspired by the Video Game music thread but decided to make this list seperate since it's so different. This is a list of sounds you've heard in games that make your heart skip a beat. Even now as an adult you're startled at the these sounds because you've been conditioned to react with fear or urgency. Here's a list of sounds that do that and feel free to add your own. With any luck, this can become the official nervous breakdown thread. So here we go:
FATALITY (Mortal Kombat II)
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Out of all the Fatality sounds, this one is still the darkest and most impactful, like the Fatality itself. There was nothing like getting beat by the CPU and then out of nowhere this terrifying sound hits, the screen goes black and you have about 79 ribcages exploding on your screen. Hell, even now this sound still freaks me out a little.
"!" AKA The You Suck At Stealth Alert (Metal Gear Solid series)
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Nothing sends a jolt through your nervous system like this bad boy. Not only does it inform you of your discovery by the enemy, but is also the sound of your ego shrinking because you are not, in fact, quite the master of stealth you thought you were.
Hey, Time is Running Out! (Super Mario Bros.)
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Nothing like wasting precious time trying to reach that warp pipe only to be alerted that you better get your ass in gear if you wish to live. So you'll recklessly dash and jump over every danger just to reach the end of the level in time. And probably fall into a pit in the process.
The Rubber Ducky of Doom (Parappa the Rapper)
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Parappa the Rapper was one of the first rhythm games I can ever remember playing. Button icons would fly down and you'd have to hit them perfectly to the beat of some catchy music. Cool game, but I sucked at it as a kid. Whenever you started performing poorly, the music would begin to distort itself and this noise that sounds like a rubber duck being squeezed starts playing indicating that failure is near. This always made me panic, causing me to fumble my notes even more in a desperate attempt to save my pitiful performance.
The Regenerator (Resident Evil 4)
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Many people accuse Resident Evil 4 of abandoning it's survival horror roots in favor of a less chilling, action-oriented style. The Regenerators think otherwise. These terrifying enemies were the scariest part of th game for me and a big reason for that was their incredibly creepy breathing sound. Nothing stopped me in my traps like hearing that sound in a dark halllway and I always remember hiding in vain hoping one wouldn't find me.
Sonic is Drowning! (Sonic the Hedgehog)
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The scariest sound I've ever heard in a game, bar none. If panic had a sound this would be it. This music is the horror of my childhood. I hate entering the water in Sonic games because of this sound. Nothing is more terrifying than going too long without an air bubble and hearing an otherwise awesome track of music abruptly cut off by Satan's personal jingle. You panic, scrambling for the nearest batch of bubbles only to be teased with a few measly ones as the countdown to your doom flashes on screen. If I was a lifeguard, I would play this track whenever I needed to quickly get everyone out of the water because it's that effective.
I've replayed Sonic games more times than any other series ever and this sound has been permanently programmed into my brain as a sign for alarm. I've actually considered making this my morning alarm but I'm afraid I'll wake up screaming every morning.
FATALITY (Mortal Kombat II)
[YOUTUBE]Fn1CLQ6B7qE&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Out of all the Fatality sounds, this one is still the darkest and most impactful, like the Fatality itself. There was nothing like getting beat by the CPU and then out of nowhere this terrifying sound hits, the screen goes black and you have about 79 ribcages exploding on your screen. Hell, even now this sound still freaks me out a little.
"!" AKA The You Suck At Stealth Alert (Metal Gear Solid series)
[YOUTUBE]ThIBvsml_us[/YOUTUBE]
Nothing sends a jolt through your nervous system like this bad boy. Not only does it inform you of your discovery by the enemy, but is also the sound of your ego shrinking because you are not, in fact, quite the master of stealth you thought you were.
Hey, Time is Running Out! (Super Mario Bros.)
[YOUTUBE]32vz1GKS1TE[/YOUTUBE]
Nothing like wasting precious time trying to reach that warp pipe only to be alerted that you better get your ass in gear if you wish to live. So you'll recklessly dash and jump over every danger just to reach the end of the level in time. And probably fall into a pit in the process.
The Rubber Ducky of Doom (Parappa the Rapper)
[YOUTUBE]b-uEbNjSzq8[/YOUTUBE]
Parappa the Rapper was one of the first rhythm games I can ever remember playing. Button icons would fly down and you'd have to hit them perfectly to the beat of some catchy music. Cool game, but I sucked at it as a kid. Whenever you started performing poorly, the music would begin to distort itself and this noise that sounds like a rubber duck being squeezed starts playing indicating that failure is near. This always made me panic, causing me to fumble my notes even more in a desperate attempt to save my pitiful performance.
The Regenerator (Resident Evil 4)
[YOUTUBE]LUKGRzzdUgs&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Many people accuse Resident Evil 4 of abandoning it's survival horror roots in favor of a less chilling, action-oriented style. The Regenerators think otherwise. These terrifying enemies were the scariest part of th game for me and a big reason for that was their incredibly creepy breathing sound. Nothing stopped me in my traps like hearing that sound in a dark halllway and I always remember hiding in vain hoping one wouldn't find me.
Sonic is Drowning! (Sonic the Hedgehog)
[YOUTUBE]9Yw5jkAHgME[/YOUTUBE]
The scariest sound I've ever heard in a game, bar none. If panic had a sound this would be it. This music is the horror of my childhood. I hate entering the water in Sonic games because of this sound. Nothing is more terrifying than going too long without an air bubble and hearing an otherwise awesome track of music abruptly cut off by Satan's personal jingle. You panic, scrambling for the nearest batch of bubbles only to be teased with a few measly ones as the countdown to your doom flashes on screen. If I was a lifeguard, I would play this track whenever I needed to quickly get everyone out of the water because it's that effective.
I've replayed Sonic games more times than any other series ever and this sound has been permanently programmed into my brain as a sign for alarm. I've actually considered making this my morning alarm but I'm afraid I'll wake up screaming every morning.